driving 'multi-x' deployments

Driving ‘multi-x’ deploymentsAlan Law, Chair, Small Cell Forum

Annual revenues to hit $6bn in 2020

Annual small cell equipment revenues to hit $6bn in 2020, from more than $1bn in 2015• Overall small cell revenue growth: 41%

CAGR thru 2020• Enterprise small cell revenue growth: 61%

thru 2020• Urban small cell revenue growth: 25% thru

2020Key growth points: Enterprise - 185,000 non-residential small

cells delivered in Q1, up 78% year-on-year Urban - shipments grew 430% in 2015 New cell types – 380% growth in DRS 2015

© Small Cell Forum Ltd 2016

Source: Mobile Experts Q116

Tackling challenges of large scale HetNet

• Deployment logistics/workflow• Large-scale automation• Backhaul• Immature standards – NFV, SON• Spectrum availability• Future-proofing – SDN, 5G• Multi-vendor integration• Effective capacity planning• IoT support• Place in enterprise value chain


Source: Rethink Research Q116

Latin America


Enterprise segment to see 200% year-over-year growth in 2016

Joint SCF/GSMA taskforce to promote economic andsocietal benefits of dense networks to states & regulators

North America



SCF collaboration with 5G Americas: Overcoming small cell siting and deployment challenges and the role of neutral host

small cells for 5G

Middle East


Small cells at the heart of urban and smart city development

SCF working with regional carriers to promote the economic and security benefits of small cells to states & regulators

Europe


SCF driving carrier requirements and interoperabilitythrough partnerships with ETSI and GSMA


India


SCF invited to pull together a CTO roundtable todetermine carrier requirements for ultra-dense fully integrated

HetNets

Reliance Jio is increasing its pace of 150,000 small cell deployments with regional cable operator partnerships

Korea: Highest level of MBB use in world

Challenge: Massive capacity

India: Dense population but limited spectrumChallenge: Extreme spectral efficiency

APAC: 45% of enterprises say poor in-building coverage has very high impact on

businessChallenge: Indoor

penetration

Singapore: Cities and whole nations go mobile-

firstChallenge: ubiquitous

coverage and reliability

Asia-Pacific


Small cells the primary way to address all the challenges

Common factor: Demand for dense HetNets

Key drivers vary in different regions:• Affordable urban capacity• Mobile-first enterprise• Digital divide and rural reach• Public safety/emergency• M2M applications• New consumer services esp video

But unified technology foundations for all - HetNet 2020


We have laid our HetNet Foundations – 11th May 2016 @ scf.io

• 056 – SCF Roadmap: HetNet 2020 vision for 5G

• 170 – HetNet and SON Market Drivers

• 066 – Enterprise SON Use Cases• 077 – Urban SON Use Cases• 172 – Architecture Framework for

HetNet and SON© Small Cell Forum Ltd 2016

“HetNet 2020 is about driving standards for next generation networks that will be all about interfaces and APIs, not just hardware form factors”

“HetNet is of a ‘multi-x environment’ – multi-technology, multi-domain, multi-spectrum, multi-operator and multi-vendor.

It must be able to automate the reconfiguration of its operation to deliver assured QoS across the entire network, and flexible enough to accommodate changing user needs, business goals and subscriber behaviours.”

Our HetNet 2020 vision

01/05/2023

Driven by changing operator needs

Operator requirement

HetNet Key enablers

2008 Fill coverage gapsTargeted capacityLower cost of data delivery

Targeted small cells interworking with macro

Femtocell gateway, interference management, resource management

2015 Dense capacity, deep indoor coverage esp enterprise, new services

Dense small cell layers, different cell formats, LE spectrum

Intelligent network selection,WiFi offload, new cell form factors, eICIC, SON, MOCN

2020 Ultra-dense capacity, IoT connectivity,

Many cell layers and spectrum bands, full HetNet stack inc API layer, security; virtualized small cells

MEC, virtualized small cell gateway, CoMP, API layer, bandwidth on-demand, multi-RAN aggregation

SCF056: HetNet and 5G evolution

2020 will not be all about 5G – important that 4G and 5G HetNets evolve in parallel and interworkOur take on 5G is about future-proofing current network investments:• Enable current and future technologies to

work together• Continually enhance automation and

virtualization to improve flexibility and TCO

• Reduce risk and accelerate commercial investments.

Published today @ scf.io/docs/056© Small Cell Forum Ltd 2016Source: EU 5G-PPP

SCF172: Integrated HetNet architecture

• Automation for massive scalability – advanced SON

• Intelligent use of multiple sources of spectrum, including LE

• Ultra-density without interference• Virtualization and software-driven

architectures• Flexibility to support multiple business

models (eg neutral host, vertical)• Support for IoT-optimized networks as

well as broadbandPublished today @ scf.io/docs/172


SCF170: Operators poised to deploy

Survey of 70+ Tier 1 and 2 MNOs worldwide• Operators have ambitious plans to deploy key

HetNet enablers in 2016-20• Small cells and new spectrum are the

foundations – LE and TDD.• By 2020 operators will have broader set of use

cases, requiring complex mix of technologies• Over 80% of MNOs will be using non-

residential small cells, advanced SON, dedicated IoT connections, and integrated LE spectrum by 2020

• Strong progress to MEC, virtualization and MO – key enablers of new models

Published today @ scf.io/docs/170

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Source: Rethink

HetNet Foundations : helping the industry make sense of the HetNet Puzzle


Join us – taking a leading role in shaping the future today

SCF is laying the foundations for future HetNet.

• Operators – ensure your requirements are captured in the new world of rapidly evolving platforms and standards

• Vendors – ensure your offer becomes part of the solution


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